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How to Order Low Carb at Arby’s

In this post, you’ll learn how to comfortably order low carb at Arby’s.

You can also get my Arby’s low carb menu with basic macros and nutrition stats for all 43 of their low carb options. It’s a great fit for anyone eating keto, low carb, low sugar, or diabetic friendly.

Because Arby’s offer healthy portions of meat on their bunless sandwiches they are a good way to get high protein low carb fast food.

In a hurry? Get my Arby’s Low Carb Menu one-pager if you want to see full macros and nutritional stats for all 43 of their low carb / keto friendly options.

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I wrote off Arby’s after a bad experience when I was a kid.

They didn’t do anything wrong but their sliced beef and sauce didn’t appeal to me back then.

It’s amazing how powerful first impressions can be because I can’t recall going back more than a couple times since. I’ve always assumed they were just about to go out of a business. Glad I’m wrong because I’ve learned their menu lends itself well to low carb ordering.

Overall Ratings

Arby’s is low carb friendly. They have 25 different sandwiches on the menu that can be ordered without a bun and their selection of meats & sauces is appreciably different from other fast food chains.

Low carb friendly – Yes.

Low carb entrees on menu – No. They have a couple of moderately low carb salads on their online menu, but they weren’t available at my location.

Satiety of low carb entrees – Average. Both times I ordered two bunless sandwiches, spent more than $11, and could have eaten at least one more.

Taste of low carb entrees – Above Average. Their warm, deli-style meats were a welcome change compared to the standard burgers I’ve gotten at other fast food chains. I also liked their Arby’s Sauce and Horsey Sauce which are different than the sauces you get at most other places.

Price / value of low carb entrees – Below Average. It’s going to cost you $11 or more to get full at Arby’s because they are serving you more expensive cuts of meat than your standard ground beef. I got the bunless versions of the Half Pound Beef N Cheddar for $7.22, the Corned Beef Reuben for $6.22, the Loaded Italian for $5.99, and the Classic French Dip for $5.69.

Ordering experience – Average. The restaurant design and ambiance are mediocre. It was fairly smooth ordering, but they charged me $0.23 for lettuce leaves which was annoying since I wasn’t given a discount for omitting the bun. They also don’t give much thought to the presentation of their low carb entrees as you’ll see in the “What I ordered” section.

Arby’s is a fun of change of pace for low carb fast food if you’re stuck in a rut of lettuce-wrapped burgers. You’ll spend a little more, but it’s worth it to break up the monotony.

What I ordered

My first order was a lettuce wrapped Half Pound Beef N Cheddar sandwich and a lettuce wrapped Corned Beef Reuben. I’m sorry for the photo that follows.

Each sandwich was served warm which caused the lettuce to wilt and made for an unappetizing picture. In hindsight, I would request the sandwiches be served in a bowl with shredded lettuce or ask for the lettuce leaves on the side.

Aside from the patches of wilted lettuce, the sandwiches tasted great. The warm meat and melted cheese made them feel more luxurious and indulgent than your standard fast food fare. I liked it.

My second order at Arby’s was a bunless Classic French Dip sandwich and a bunless Loaded Italian sandwich. Learning from previous experience I ordered them in a bowl instead of lettuce wraps.

Classic French Dip back left. Loaded Italian on the back right.

They were more appetizing to look at than their lettuce wrapped counterparts, but they were more cumbersome to eat with a fork.

The Classic French Dip came with roast beef, Swiss cheese, and French au jus sauce. It has about 300 calories and 5 net carbs if you use about half the Au Jus they give you.

The Loaded Italian came with ham, salami, and pepperoni, melted Provolone cheese, banana peppers, lettuce, tomato, and red onion, red wine vinaigrette, and garlic aioli. If you ate the Loaded Italian as I did, without the red win vinaigrette which looked a little too sugar-y to me, then it’s 440 calories and 6 net carbs.

Both sandwiches tasted good, but the ingredients would have been easier to eat if they were sliced up like a salad.

What you should order

If I went back to Arby’s today, the goal would be to get full for less than $10 so I’d order a bunless Mount Italy Sandwich which has 780 calories and only 9 net carbs. It has similar ingredients to the Loaded Italian, just more of em’.

The bunless Half-Pound Beef N Cheddar is also a good option at 530 calories and 10 net carbs.

Request that Arby’s serve your sandwiches in a bowl with shredded lettuce.

What you can order

There are 25 different Arby’s sandwiches on the menu that you can order without a bun. They also have some small sliders that you can order without the bun.

Here are the top 5 bunless, low carb sandwiches that offer the best blend of high calorie, but low carb:

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